“Radical, modernist, fiery, glamorous, feminist— adjectives and categories can only gesture toward the enduringly significant life and works of the poet Lola Ridge, whose story has been gracefully told, with her poems lucidly understood, by Terese Svoboda.”

—Robert Pinsky, former Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress

“Svoboda’s riveting biography reminds us that there are other ways to love and work, to transcend today’s often narrowly defined vision of what makes a committed citizen, a dedicated artist, or a fulfilled life.”

“Terese Svoboda’s unpredictable, often experimental prose takes many forms, from offbeat explorations of divinity to a novel about pirates told entirely through dialogue. Here, she veers into nonfiction with a biography of Lola Ridge, poet, anarchist, and editor, who has been hailed in recent years by the likes of Robert Pinsky.”